Fishery products are foodstuffs that are prone to pathogenic microbial contamination which can cause food poisoning and disease in consumers. (Amir, 2014). Therefore, fishery products should get more attention in terms of food safety, as the society’s attention to food safety is high. Pathogenic bacteria that often contaminate fishery products include E. coli and Salmonella which can cause Entero Phatogenic Eschericia Coli (EPEC) with symptoms like cholera’s and dysentery (Nastiti, 2006). Salmonella can cause Salmonellosis with symptom like gastroenteritis, therefore research on identification of Escherichia coli and Salmonella on fishery products before being distributed through Juanda Airport is necessary to anticipate contamination to humans.
Escherichia coli is the most widely used bacteria as an indicator of sanitation because of these bacteria are commensal bacteria in the digestive and are pathogens (SNI). And, Salmonella is one of the bacteria that often cause serious illness when it contaminates food (SNI). Moreover, Escherichia coli bacteria can also contaminate the equipment used during the production process, so contamination of E. coli bacteria in fishery products can occur due to poor sanitation (Nuraeni dkk, 2000).
Fishery products can be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria by cross-contamination due to poor hygiene during processing. (Nugraha, dkk 2012). But the research results showed that bacteria contaminating the fishery product are not from Escherichia coli and Salmonella. The contaminated fishery products will get a follow-up test as confirmation. Based on the results, we can conclude that all samples were not contaminated with E. coli and Salmonella, therefore the fishery product can be exported to other countries and safely consumed by humans.
Author: Mohammad Faizal Ulkhaq, S.Pi., M.Si.
Details of the research can be viewed on :
R Hidayah, MF Ulkhaq, and R Wilis. Identification of Escherichia coli and Salmonella on Fishery Product from Juanda Airport, East Java, Indonesia. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 1036, 012024, The 4th International Conference on Fisheries and Marine Sciences 29 September 2021, Surabaya, Indonesia
Link : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1036/1/012024
